Connecting the DoTs: A Summoner Guide

[Minorinz]

Yeah but which stat takes the worst hit from it? You focused on Det there.
Well, I book smack for sure. My book smacks are usually around 55-100 points, also my highest is 184 crit.

[Sessurea]

About time someone made one for the Summoner. Good job on the thread!

Now all we need is one for the Bard and we're good to go!

This is the dream, I think it wont happen though xc

OT: awesome thread, helping me a lot for my smn alt.

[Sylkis]

Thing on rotations that I wrote somewhere else, maybe it will be useful to you:

I'm going to compare the total potency over the opening 45 seconds of some popular rotations.

1. Official forum SMN thread (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Summoner-Guide)
Messy guide, but at the end is a rotation.

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2. Reddit's "Summoner: an Extensive guide" Sleigh's Opener (which refers to here) (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...FJWVSKlvU/edit)
A 66 page guide and discussion on Summoner

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3. My opener (VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqVzR1G8Vww)
The difference with my opener is that I squeeze in 2 festers within trance, but this makes me have to wait for fester to be off cooldown meaning that my "burst" is 10 seconds behind.

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Conclusion

Sleigh's opener seems to be superior to the official forum opener, as they have the same "burst" time (both enter trance at 15s).
I can't tell how my opener compares without extending the duration beyond 45s, but you can see that there is a lot more potency remaining at the end from DoTs, while the potency at the end of the 45s is still comparable.

Tell me if I've messed up something...

[Minorinz]

I guess using enkindle before a potion isn't that big of a deal especially if you can squeeze an extra ruin 3 during dread

[Sylkis]

I guess using enkindle before a potion isn't that big of a deal especially if you can squeeze an extra ruin 3 during dread

Does potion increase pet damage? Last time I remembered it was that the pet took a snapshot of your stats when you summon it, but this was before 3.0

Assuming it does, I think the potion is 10-15% more for the 250 potency enkindle (25-40 more), while ruin3 is 40 more than ruin2

[Minorinz]

yup pot buffs enkindle but its a hinder for so many people

[Sleigh]

Does potion increase pet damage? Last time I remembered it was that the pet took a snapshot of your stats when you summon it, but this was before 3.0

Assuming it does, I think the potion is 10-15% more for the 250 potency enkindle (25-40 more), while ruin3 is 40 more than ruin2

With Rouse + Spur Enkindle is roughly 490 potency, so missing pot on that is a bit more painful than just a 250 potency Enkindle.

The main thing wrong with the 3 Fester opener you compared against the others is, you're going to miss Battle Voice/Litany/Trick Attack on your highest burst period. If your DRG pops Litany anywhere from 0-3s after pull, you are forced into a 15s DWT opener, lest you want your 3D to not get Litany + RS + pot + DWT.

[Kona_Nightwind]

Hey Sleigh, what Acc you running for A3?

[Sleigh]

It's 530 for A3S.

[Kona_Nightwind]

It's 530 for A3S.

Thx, any idea about A4S